New Economics Foundation

It is not every day that a report I’ve worked on is instantly and without discussion branded ‘deliberately misleading’. But Flying Low, our new report which re-examines the economics of expanding...

Afresh examination of the economic case for a third, north west runway at London’s Heathrow airport finds it eroded to the point where it is no longer viable. Now, using the Government’s own formula for assessing the value for money of transport schemes, Heathrow expansion along proposed lines would be rated as either ‘poor’ or ‘low’ value. MPs, who will debate the building of a third...

When politicians talk about economic strategy, they tend to focus on the shiny and high-tech. But there is a whole aspect of the economy which provides the basic goods and services needed for everyday...

There are a lot of reasons to worry about the UK and Russia getting increasingly stroppy with each other, but our lights and radiators going off isn’t one of them. In the grand scheme of things, we...

It’s one of the biggest contradictions in British politics. Across the country, baby boomers who own a house cheer as the value of their property rises. Meanwhile their millennial children watch on in...

After a full twenty months of tired heaving, it remains unclear whether the tug of war within government is being won by the Hard Brexit or Soft Brexit supporters. But that isn’t the only divide we’re...

After a full twenty months of tired heaving, it remains unclear whether the tug of war within government is being won by the Hard Brexit or Soft Brexit supporters. But that isn’t the only divide we’re...

Try to imagine a London without the small businesses of Portobello Road, Brick Lane, Columbia Road and China Town. Impossible right? Well actually, wrong… For the last six months the New Economics...

Tomorrow the Chancellor will deliver the newly downplayed Spring Statement, where he will outline the state of the nation’s financial health. It used to be a major fiscal event but this year Philip Hammond has made it clear he doesn’t want anyone getting too excited. There’ll be no red box, and he won’t speak for very long. Most of the time will likely be spent reacting to the latest...

Universities up and down the country have been shutting down as lecturers have walked out, arguing that the changes to their pension schemes could leave them thousands of pounds a year worse off in...